CyanogenMod 7 Alpha 3.5 is ready for the HP TouchPad: Here’s how to install it

The CyanogenMod has released an updated version of Google Android for the HP TouchPad. No, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t ready for prime time yet, but CyanogenMod 7 Alpha 3.5 brings a few improvements to Google Android 2.3.7.

Specifically, the team says they’ve improved video playback and 3D graphics speed and gaming compatibility. They’ve also made some changes to the WiFi settings, but it’s not yet clear if this will fix the problems with WiFi that some users have been experiencing.

If you’ve downloaded it using you TouchPad, just make a note of which folder it’s in. If you’ve used your computer, copy the file to your TouchPad’s storage.

While running Android on the TouchPad, press-and-hold the power button.

Choose “reboot.”

Select “Recovery” and then tap the OK box.

This will bring you to ClockworkMod. You can navigate through menus by using the volume buttons to move up and down and the home button to select an option.

(Optional, but recommended): Scroll down to the option that says “wipe cache partition” and choose it by tapping the home button.

(Optional) From the following screen, scroll down to the option that says “Yes – Wipe Cache” and choose it.

(Optional) When that’s done you’ll be back at the first screen.

Scroll down to the option that says “install zip from sdcard” and choose it.

Select “choose zip from sdcard.”

Navigate to the folder where update-cm-7.1.0-tenderloin-a3.5-fullofbugs.zip is stored and select it.

From the following menu scroll down to the option that says “Yes – Install update…” and choose it.

You should see a progress bar on your screen for a few minutes. When it’s finished you’ll be dumped back out to the previous menu.

Choose “Go Back.”

From the main ClockworkMod menu choose the option to “reboot system now.”

That’s it. Since you just installed an OS update, it will take a few minutes longer than usual for CyanogenMod to boot, but if you followed the instructions carefully all of your files and settings should still be available — and video and graphics performance should be improved.

You can also install Alpha 3.5 even if you’ve never installed CyanogenMod on a TouchPad before. You don’t need to start with Alpha 1 and work your way up. Just follow our step-by-step instructions for installing CM7 on the TouchPad, but use the update.zip file for Alpha 3.5 instead of Alpha 1, 2, or 3.

The HP TouchPad ships with the webOS 3.0 operating system. Installing Android doesn’t remove webOS. Instead you end up with a dual boot tablet which can run either operating system. But by installing Android you gain access to thousands of apps which are not available for webOS.

CyanogenMod for TouchPad developer Dalingrin says he’s putting most of his effort into porting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the tablet at this point, but Alpha 3.5 brings some of the work he’s done on CyanogenMod 9 to CyanogenMod 7 since it may be a while before a usable version of CM9 is available.

I spent a little time playing with Alpha 3.5 this morning. Audio works without any problems, YouTube video looks great, and while Netflix videos look a little pixelated, movies and TV shows from Netflix are definitely watchable.

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Best of all, one of the developers tweeted that 3.5 was released as a result of him working on laying the groundwork for ICS!

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I downloaded alpha 3.5 this morning and connecting to WPA2 Wi-Fi
is not an issue anymore. Team Cyanogen, keep
up the great work!

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Does anyone have the steps to the installation process if one has never installed a CyanogenMod? I’d like to install 3.5 using those steps.

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If this works well, I will have to return my Android tablet to Amazon.

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Yep. You can use ClockworkMod. Just follow the instructions posted above.

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The 3.5 has one issue that I am experiencing.
There is no sound coming out if you plug in the headphone.

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Plug in headphoness re-boot then UN plug after re-start then plug back in and use as normal. Worked for me

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From previous post from prior update – did you rebooting into WEBOS, trying the headphones there, then coming back to CM7? I think it refreshes it or something.

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One thing i noticed with android on this device is that all video files lag and play quite slowly. I’m sticking with WebOS until a more stable version of video playback has been developed.

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My video playback is working fine with CM7. Playing saved videos, streaming video from Netflix and some streaming news videos.

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Does someone knows if the headphones issue has resolved by new 3.5 update?Is there sound coming out if you plug headphones?

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don’t think so…it was fixed in A2. A3 it was broke again. Installed A3.5 on the wife’s and it WORK!…however once i rebooted with the headphones plugged in, then both the headphones and the external speaker both worked. ugh? So by chance i unplugged the headphones and then plugged them back in AND now they are working correctly. Hope that is meaningful to someone. Thanks again for the OS…I’ll be installing it on mine after my backup. wish me luck…

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